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Jan 3, 1918 envelopeEntry/Object ID
2024.1007.52.2Scope and Content
stamped "PASSED BY CENSOR JAN 3 1918" with three Washington postal stamps (two green and one red), and addressed to Mrs Lamson.Context
Battleship Texas ran aground on Block Island on September 28, 1917. She underwent repairs in New York Navy Yard and departed for Scapa Flow on January 30, 1918.
Battleship Texas had her own post office. All mail passed through a censor before leaving the ship. Once the package is checked, it was stamped with a “U.S.S. TEXAS” stamp. If in a port, mail could carry the markers of the post office on shore.Collection
Collection (John F. Lamson), Historical CollectionsLexicon
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Date(s) of Creation
Jan 3, 1918
